Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
Whenever two parties are loggerheads, there has to be a messenger or a
go-between to mediate to bring them both together for a rapprochement. When
they are placed geographically apart, then this mediator has to travel more
than once to meet each separately and convey the second person's side to first,
then again travel to the second from first's place and convey him the first's
view points. Such mediator is also called ambassador. There are many such
mediators or ambassadors in the history.
Such ambassadorial work is exemplarily done by my krishNa in the mahaa
bhaaratham. Another famous envoy is sanjayan the charioteer of king of
kouravaas dhritharaashtran, again in same mahaa bhaaratham.
In the raamaayaNam two persons very nicely carries out this envoy's role. One
is hanumaan [as is well known]. The second is angadhan, the son of vaali, the
prince of monkey kingdom.
Some non- human ambassadors are naarai - the crane, kiLi - the parrot, mEgham -
the cloud, hamsam - the swan, vaNdu - the bees etc, which we find in 4000
dhivya prabhandham, mEgha dhutham, and hamsa sandhEsam et al.
This not much noticed ambassador is angadhan, the son of thaara and vaali.
Raama sends angadhan just at the beginning of the war after landing in lanka.
That angadhan thoodhu - the ambassadorial work is not described / touched by
aazhvaars much as I could understand. Bhaagavathaas can add information so that
I can learn.
The following paasuram talk eloquently about this ambassador's work by the
supreme lord krishNa combining the two avathaarams raama and krishNa but lies
now as 'evvuL kidanthaan' - veera raaghavan at thiruvaLLoor.
munnOr thoodhu vaanaraththin vaayil mozhindhu - arakkan
mannoor thannai vaaLiyinaal maaLa munindhu - avanE
pinnOr thoodhu aadhi mannarkkaagip perunilaththaar
innar thoodhan ena ninRaan evvuL kidanthaanE - 2-2-3
meaning: during raama avataaram, He could not bear the pangs of separation from
seethaa piraattii and sent a monkey as His messenger to lankaa where none can
dare cross the barriers of Oceans and enter into the kingdom of raavaNan.
RaavaNan - the one who was granted such strengths by dhEvaas, was effortlessly
finished off by the anger of lord raamaa. The same Lord (after seeing
hanumaan's success as a messenger for Him to seethaa piraatti) wished to become
a messenger Himself and went to the kingdom of dhuryOdhanan, as paaNdava
dhoothan. The same Lord drove the chariot for arjunan in kurukshEthra
battlefield. This Most Wonderful Lord is having His yOga Nidhraa at Thiru
evvuL. [taken from bhakti list archives - translation by sri v.madhavak kannan
swamy of Singapore - May 99 message 0048]
On this "Or thoodhu vaanaraththin vaayil mozhindhu" - I present the following
point for your consideration and elucidation by learned bhaagavathaas. First
just a little rearrangement of words as below - considering the raama
avathaaram portion only - viz. the first two lines of the paasuram
munnOr thoodhu avanE vaanaraththin vaayil mozhindhu - avanE arakkan
mannoor thannai vaaLiyinaal maaLa munindhu -
Then the meaning changes - who went as ambassador on raamaa's own advise - it
is angadhan - not hanumaan. To substantiate this - please refer sargam 41 of
kishkindha kaaNdam
1. king sugreeva directs who are the persons to go in south
direction.
2. Raama just hands over the ring considering sugreeva's
commendation
3. Whereas later raama directs angadhan to go and say to raavaNa
what raama wants to convey raavaNan just before beginning the war with him .
See slOkams [4 is kishkindha kaaNdam - 41 is sargam 1 is sloakm number]
thatha: prasthaapya sugreeva: than mahath vaanaram balam |
dakshiNaam prEshayaamaasa vaanaraan abhilakshithaan || 4-41-1
thatha: + prasthaapya + sugreeva: = then, on transiting, sugreeva;
thath + mahath + vaanaram + balam = that, great, vaanaraa, force [to East];
dhakshiNaam + prEshayaamaasa + vaanaraan = to South, started to transit,
vaanaraas;
abhi + lakshithaan = well, chosen [tried and true vanara-s.]
meaning: Then on transiting that great Vaanara force [to East,] Sugreeva
started to transit tried and true Vaanaras to South. [4-41-1]
neelam agni sutham chaiva hanoomantham cha vaanaram |
pithaamaha sutham chaiva jaambavantham mahOjasam || 4-41-2
neelam + agni + sutham + cha+ iva = Neela, Fire's, son, also thus;
hanoomantham + cha + vaanaram = Hanumaan, also, vaanara;
pithaamaha + sutham + cha + iva = Grandfather's [Brahma's,] son, also thus;
jaambavantham + mahaa + Ojasam = Jaambavantha, of great, vitality.
Meaning: Thus the son of Fire-god Neela, Hanumaan [the exceptional] vaanara,
the son of Brahma, the Grandfather, namely Jaambavantha of great vitality.
[4-41-2]
suhOthram cha -- suthou ubhou || 4-41-3 and 4 [ slokams combined since these
two gives a who's who list of monkeys sent]
meaning: Also suhOthra, sharaari, and thus only sharagulma and like that gaja,
gavaaksha, gavaya, sushEna, vrishabha. Thus, mainda, dhvividha, sushENa,
gandhamaadhana, and the two sons of ritual-fire oolkaamukha, ananga [are called
for...] [4-41-3 and 4]
angadha pramukhaan veeraan veera: kapi gaNa eesvara: |
vEga vikrama sampannaan sandhidhEsa visEshavith || 4-41-5
angadha + pramukhaan + veeraan = Angadha, and other prominent, valorous ones;
veera: + kapi + gaNa + eesvara: = brave, monkey, troops, lord [Sugreeva sent];
vEga + vikrama + sampannaan = in dash, dare, full-fledged;
sandhidhEsa + visEsha + vith = directed, specialties, knower of [well-informed
Sugreeva.]
meaning: Sugreeva, the well-informed and brave lord of monkey troops directed
angadha and the other prominent and valorous ones who are full-fledged in dash
and dare. [4-41-5]
thEshaam agrEsaram chaiva bruhadh balam atha angadham |
vidhaaya hari veeraaNaam aadisadh dhakshiNaam dhisam || 4-41-6
thEshaam + agrEsaram + cha + iva = those, as chief, also thus;
bruhath + balam + atha + angadham = marvelously, mighty, then, Angadha;
vidhaaya + hari + veeraaNaam = ordained [Angada as chief,] for monkeys, valiant
ones;
aadhisath + dhakshiNaam + dhisam = ordered, southerly, direction.
Meaning: Also thus, the marvelously mighty angadha is ordained as the chief of
those valiant monkeys and they are ordered for southerly direction. [4-41-6]
So it is now clear that king sugreeva only directs the army of monkeys to go in
the south direction. We will continue in next post.
Dhaasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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